Late
Entries: Entries may be accepted on
the day subject to availability and payment of a
£10 surcharge.

Entry
Forms:
Completed entry forms, together with the
appropriate entry fee (payable to “4NCL”) should
be sent to Mike Truran at The Old Farmhouse, 7
Church Street, Ducklington, Witney, Oxon OX29
7UA or emailed to (in the latter case, please contact Mike for bank transfer payment
details).

Playing Schedule:

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Round

1

Friday

19.00

-

23.00

Round

2

Saturday

10.00

-

14.00

Round

3

Saturday

15.00

-

19.00

Round

4

Sunday

10.00

-

14.00

Round

5

Sunday

15.00

-

19.00

A ½ point bye may be taken in
rounds 1–4.

Time
Control:All moves in 90
minutes plus 30 second increment per move from
move 1.

Re-pairing will take place 30 minutes
after the start of a round. Players will be
defaulted 30 minutes after the scheduled start
of a round.

Grades and Ratings

FIDE ratings from the August
2017 list will be used for the FIDE-rated
sections, and ECF grades published in the August
2017 list will be used for the U135 section and
unrated players in FIDE rated sections. If
necessary players will be transferred between
sections to take account of rating/grading
movements after date of entry (see above).

The FIDE Open and FIDE U2000
sections will be both FIDE rated and ECF graded.
The ECF U135 section will be ECF graded.

Players without a current FIDE
rating or ECF grade must give details of
estimated playing strength, including any
previously held grading, or current grading from
another body.

Ungraded or unrated players may
not win a grading prize and, with the exception
of the FIDE Open, may only win 50% of any other
prize.

Notices

English players must be ECF Gold
or Platinum members in the FIDE Open and FIDE
U2000 sections. There is a £7.50 discount for
ECF Silver or above members in the ECF U135
section (see above).

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Prizes may be changed subject to
numbers of entries.

The 4NCL reserves the right to
transfer players between sections at any time.

All pairings will be made using
FIDE Swiss pairing rules using Swiss Manager.

The submission of an entry
form and payment of the entry fee denotes
acceptance that the 4NCL’s decision is final
in all matters.